The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12
a1Bzs TAKEN IN BIZ DUDES.
Lackeys Palmed or as Noblemen-Berry
wan Breaks Up the Sport.
Baltifnore AmerIoan,

Dd1SlLu0E5 A1ueEtChAs
five wtas p I from nv Eey York 1;ltErh RI { & g9llt fPPn5 SP
hotel in this city. They have made a con-
siderable splprge at the races each day, and
the leader, of course, is Berry Wall, ,Eaeho Of
these young men has his 4elet with him, and
s SGSdPBBS St { if Vice. q 81 SP"f qRffg prl n shs and Sf0 re-
moved from the public part Of the house.
The Other night, when Mr.. Wall was at the
theatre with SOME friends, the rest Of the
party concluded to have solne fun. They
were acquainted with two young, ladies who
live here, and are not averse to taking supper
with such welf-kIown dudes as cor posed the
party-ln fact, who are willing to sup when
MOTEL The four New Workers then informed
their Wallets that they expected them to play
a part in q little scheme that evening. you
are to pretend that you are English lords,
and when these ladies come you are to take
to supper, order anything you want
hid charge it to u.s."
Berry Wallis valet was in the scheme, and
that evening at the appointed time the SER
wants appeared in theif Spnday-go-to-meet-
tiers. who think by putting oh o~utlandish
the fac-similes OF the nohlameu Of England;
when, in fact, they onlytieptesent a ridicu-
When the girls arrived the masters intro
dnced their Wallets as Lord So-and-So" and
Duke TIhis-and-That, ank the girls were
Country title III 'sea 1 sid" them,s % "a use a slang
expression, and they Immediately began to
paw all attention to the supposed English
lords" Finally, the ..'lords'' invited the
girls to supper. The table had been set in
the adjoining room, and the dudes had re-
tired to another to enjoy the sport. The
Wallets being left alone began to order wine in
amost lavish manner, and once or twice the
New Workers were on the point of stopping
the whole performance, when they notlced
the rate at which the waiter brought up the
Pommerey Sec; but an interruption came in
q far different manner.
The theatre was ont, and His Majesty, the
King of the Dudes, u having seen his lady
friends home, returned to the hotel. He en-
gether with the chatter of the voices, some
what daZed him for an instant, but he soon
recovered himself, and the first person his
eyes fell upon was his valet James, seated at
the head of the table, with one OF the fair
damsels looking at him in a most enchanting
manner. This WAS too much for Berry, and
in his most commanding voice shouted out:
"James!n
The unfortunate James heard the voice lie
knew SO well, and habit gained the mastery
oyer him. He spr2ng. to his feet. up went
his hand to his head with o jerk characteristic
of his class, and he exclaimed:
Yes Sir"
Come here, said Mr.. Wall" '"Take my
oyercoat."
The poor lord James" was Obliged to
leave the side of his fair companion and
walked over rather sheepishly to Mr.. Wall,
and taking his dripping coat, for it WAS rain
ing outside, marched of to his apartment.
The other Wallets were somewhat disconnected
by this incident, and a roar of laughter from
the next room brought the girls to 8 ~realiza-
ton of what was really the true state Of the
case. The scene that followed is better i'm
agined than described.